MPs claim £3.6m for renting offices from political parties

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Sir Ian Kennedy, the Ipsa chairman, said he will review whether the practice should be allowed to continueTimes photographer, Richard Pohle

Lucy Fisher

Last updated at 12:12AM, November 15 2013

MPs have claimed more than £3.6 million to rent offices from political parties
since the general election, it was revealed yesterday.

Expense claims showed that nine Labour MPs currently rent their offices from
trade unions, including four from the Unite union, which has recently been
implicated in a scandal concerning the Labour candidate selection process in
Falkirk.

In addition, since May 2010, 12 Labour MPs have rented offices from Labour
Party Properties Ltd, a party-owned company that has paid no corporation tax
since 2003, despite its £6.3 million property portfolio.